MERLIN The Electronic Wizard

MERLIN is a red hand-held device with the ability to play 6 different games. Each button has a different musical note, and it can be used to play songs.

Original (1978)
The original was released in 1978 by Parker Brothers and remained popular throughout the 1980s.

Games
Tic Tac Toe: Be the first to occupy three squares in a row. Played with the user vs the device. Music Machine: Compose a tune of up to 48 buttons and play it back. Echo: Repeat the tune of random notes given to you. Blackjack 13: Based on the Blackjack card game with a 10 card deck. Buttons 1 to 10 represent the cards, and the player with the highest hand of 13 or less wins. Magic Square: Light up buttons 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and turn off button 5 by pressing the buttons and figuring out the patterns of what buttons turns on and off the other buttons. Mindbender: Input a number and MERLIN will choose random notes at that length. The user must guess these notes, and is given feedback on how close the guesses are.

Dr. Smith
The Japan release of Merlin.

Master Merlin
The original Merlin but with nine new games.

Split Second
The original and Master Merlin games but with time challenges.

Merlin: The 10th Quest (1995)
Parker Brothers redesigned MERLIN with medieval-fantasy themes in 1995. There were 10 games, some with similar gameplay as past games but with different names. The tenth game had to be unlocked from playing the other nine games.

Games
Swords & shields: Tic Tac Toe Seek the Grail: The shell game Castle Keep: Number guessing game Spell bender: Memory game Mindcaster: The mindbender game from the original Magic Square: From the original game Singing Sword Ghost walk Dragon dance

2004 re-release
Released in November 2004 by Milton Bradley Company. Is half the size of the original.